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AUSTIN, Texas (KAUZ) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from ...

Operation Safe Shield, a Brazos Valley nonprofit dedicated to public safety is headed to the state capitol in Austin this ...

(Tony Gutierrez / AP) Two Texas state troopers were struck Thursday morning while standing outside their cruiser as they were trying to help a stalled vehicle on Interstate 45 in Corsicana ...